THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 6, 25 August 1914, Page 8

THE WAR.

General News. REPATRIATING AMERICANS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Loudon, August 23. The liners Columbia, Letitia, and Scandinavia have sailed, repatriating 2300 Americans. RUSSIAN REGIMENTS ON THE MARCH. London, August 24. The correspondent of The Times at St. Petersburg says that in the Russian regiments on the march all officers are dressed in khaki, similar to the privates. Grey horses are painted green, and are invisible when tethered. BELGIANS ACCUSED OF ATROCITIES. [United Press Association.] London, August 24. The Cologne Gazette, in justifying the fines levied on Brussels and Liege, as the fate of war, says that tribute was exacted as punishment for the bad treatment of Germans in Belgium. A fortnight ago, says the paper, innocent Germans who were quietly doing their work wore handed over to the tender mercies of a mob. The citizens will now feel personally and bodily that hurting defenceless women is a different thing from having the enemy quartered in their own homes.

ZEPPELIN NO. 8 DESTROYED. - ! Paris, August 24. It is officially stated that Zepeplin No. 8 has been shot down near Badenwieler (a Black Forest watering-place, near Basel). GERMAN PRISONERS IN FRANCE Paris, August 24. Already seven thousand German prisoners are interned in France. PROTECTING LIFE INSURANCES. Paris, August 24. The Government is arranging that life policies which do not include war risks shall be made effective without any payment of extra premium by the insured’s relations or friends.